Cultural Adaptation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Maternal and Child mHealth Intervention: Protocol for a Co-Design and Adaptation Research Study by Sana Ishaque, Ola Ela, Chris Rissel, Karla Canuto, Kerry Hall, Niranjan Bidargaddi, Annette Briley, Claire T Roberts, Sarah Jane Perkes, Anna Dowling, Billie Bonevski

“…MethodsPotential participants include Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander pregnant women and mothers of children aged 0-5 years, non-Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women who are mothers of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander babies, and health professionals who predominantly care for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies. …”
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Inverse Occlusion: A Binocularly Motivated Treatment for Amblyopia by Jiawei Zhou, Zhifen He, Yidong Wu, Yiya Chen, Xiaoxin Chen, Yunjie Liang, Yu Mao, Zhimo Yao, Fan Lu, Jia Qu, Robert F. Hess

“…Patients who required refractive correction or whose refractive correction needed updating were given a 2-month period of refractive adaptation. …”
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Role of postoperative radiotherapy in pT3N0 rectal cancer: A risk‐stratification system based on population analyses by Yun‐xia Huang, Yan‐zong Lin, Jin‐luan Li, Xue‐qing Zhang, Li‐rui Tang, Qing‐yang Zhuang, Fei‐fei Lin, Xi‐jin Lin, Jun‐xin Wu

“…This model could help identify patients who may benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy.…”
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Is severe maternal morbidity a risk factor for postpartum hospitalization with mental health or substance use disorder diagnoses? Findings from a retrospective cohort study in Mary... by Carrie L Wolfson, Jessica Tsipe Angelson, Andreea A Creanga

“…Results Overall, 5,793 patients (2.9%) who delivered during 2016–2018 experienced hospitalization in the year following delivery. …”
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Radiography may not be accurate in assessing acute ankle sprains in children by Xiongtao Li, Xiantao Shen, Si Wang, Jie Sun, Zhaoting Liu

“…Methods We collected medical data from 78 children with acute ankle sprains who underwent both radiological and ultrasound examinations, 59 of whom also had ankle MRI results. …”
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Visualization of Right Adrenal Vein in Non‐Contrast‐Enhanced MDCT and Its Guiding Role for Right Adrenal Venous Sampling by Hong‐liang Xiong, Li Du, Jiao Yang, Wei‐Tong Hu, Jia‐Bing Huang, Yun‐De Li, Xi Chen, Yi‐Fei Dong

“…A total of 237 patients diagnosed with PA who underwent successful AVS procedures from January 2020 to March 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Measuring serious violence perpetration: comparison of police-recorded and self-reported data in a UK cohort by Rosie Cornish, Alison Teyhan, Kate Tilling, John Macleod, Iain Brennan

“…Study participation was lower among people who had or went on to have a police record for serious violence; as a result, the prevalence of self-reported violence in the imputed data was higher (compared to observed data) at all ages. …”
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Association between secondhand smoke exposure and hypertension in never smokers: a cross-sectional survey using data from Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey... by Young Sik Park, Chang-Hoon Lee, Sang Haak Lee, Kwang-Ha Yoo, Yu-Il Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Ju Ock Kim, Ju-Heon Park, Jae Yeol Kim, Eun Mi Chun, Tae-Hoon Jung

“…Adjusted mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure values in women who were not taking antihypertensive medication were significantly elevated in group III by 2.3 and 1.7 mm Hg, respectively.Conclusion SHS exposure is significantly associated with hypertension in women never smokers.…”
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Endovascular Preparation With Innovative Custom-Made Stent-Graft Before Kidney Transplantation: The Solution for Patients With Hostile Iliac Calcification by Matthieu Arsicot, Matthieu Arsicot, Raffaele Pio Ammollo, Marine Bordet, Marine Bordet, Leila Dehina-Khenniche, Olivier Thaunat, Nellie Della Schiava, Nellie Della Schiava, Antoine Millon, Emilien Seizilles De Mazancourt, Lionel Badet, Xavier Matillon

“…Some of these patients - who theoretically represent those who would benefit the most from transplantation in terms of mortality - are contraindicated because of anatomical and medical issues. …”
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ORGAN-PRESERVING INTERVENTIONS IN SURGICAL CORRECTION OF SPLEEN CYSTS IN CHILDREN by Andriy Kuzyk

“…There were 175 patients (66.04%) who underwent surgery, while 90 individuals (33.96%) remained under dynamic observation. …”
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Effect of Different Anti-hypertensive Drugs on Circadian Blood Pressure Profile in Elderly Hypertensive Patients by Bingqing YU, Jinping ZHOU, Zhongxian FENG, Junxia XU

“…Compared with patients treated with CCB, AA and AAND, the one who was treated with DAA had the tendency of lower incidence of abnormal circadian blood pressure rhythm (<italic>OR</italic>=0.010, 0.034 and 0.049 respectively, all <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001).Conclusion:Different kinds of anti-hypertensive drugs have different effect on circadian blood pressure profile. …”
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Analysis of physical activity levels and influencing factors in cancer survivors after pancreaticoduodenectomy by Qiuju Tian, Meiqin Xue, Leying Chen, Min Zhang, Weiyi Zhu, Beiwen Wu

“…The study included cancer survivors who were treated at a tertiary general teaching hospital for pancreaticoduodenectomy from December 2019 to January 2022 following surgery. …”
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Comparing responses to public health and industry-funded alcohol harm reduction advertisements: an experimental study by Sarah J Durkin, Melanie A Wakefield, Emily Brennan, Michael D Slater, Simone Pettigrew, Danielle A J M Schoenaker, Kimberley Dunstone, Helen G Dixon

“…Participants also reported their perceptions of people who drink alcohol on six success-related items and four fun-related items.Results Compared with drinkers exposed to PH advertisements, those exposed to SAPRO advertisements reported lower motivation to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed (β=−0.091, 95% CI −0.171 to −0.010), and lower odds of intending to avoid alcohol completely (OR=0.77, 0.63 to 0.94) and to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed per occasion (OR=0.82, 0.69 to 0.97). …”
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Lipid Levels and Lung Cancer Risk: Findings from the Taiwan National Data Systems from 2012 to 2018 by Jung-Yueh Chen, Nai-Hui Chi, Ho-Shen Lee, Chia-Ni Hsiung, Chang-Wei Wu, Kang-Chi Fan, Meng-Rui Lee, Jann-Yuan Wang, Chao-Chi Ho, Jin-Yuan Shih

“…For patients who developed lung cancer during follow-up, a 1:2 control group of nonlung cancer participants was selected after matching. …”
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Effectiveness of digital health applications on the quality of life in patients with overweight or obesity: a systematic review by Melanie Mäder, Tonio Schönfelder, Ria Heinrich, Carsta Militzer-Horstmann, Patrick Timpel

“…Abstract Background Globally, more than half of the adult population is overweight, including those who are obese, which increases the risk of premature death and reduces quality of life (QoL). …”
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Pathogenic and Genetic Characteristics of Helicobacter Pylori, and its Relationship with Drug-Resistance by Nilgün Uyduran Ünal, Adnan Barutçu, Toğrul Nagiyev, Mehmet Ağın, Tülay Kandemir, Oğuz Üsküdar, Figen Doran, Fatih Köksal, Gökhan Tümgör

“…Methods: The study comprised 110 patients with dyspeptic complaints who were admitted to our hospital between January 13, 2015, and December 31, 2016. …”
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Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study by Jiayi Zhu, Shuai Yuan, Lihui Pu, Ruben Martin-Payo, Liqin Wei, Mengying Qiu, Fengying Zhang

“…Abstract Background Innovative behaviours are important for nursing postgraduates who are a significant reserve for future nursing career, thinking critically, utilizing technologies and solving complex problems. …”
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Hubungan Merokok dengan Kejadian Hipertensi pada Laki-Laki Usia 35-65 Tahun di Kota Padang by Yashinta Octavian Gita Setyanda, Delmi Sulastri, Yuniar Lestari

“…There were 92 subjects who were taken by multi-stage random sampling. The instruments of this research were questionnaire for data of respondents and smoking habit characteristics, also sphygmomanometer for blood pressure measurements. …”
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Blood pressure control with active ultrafiltration measures and without antihypertensives is essential for survival in hemodiafiltration and hemodialysis programs for patients with... by Franklin Geovany Mora-Bravo, Pamela Tatiana Morales Torres, Nelson Rojas Campoverde, Guillermina Lucía Blum Carcelen, Juan Cristobal Santacruz Mancheno, Ángel Cristóbal Santacruz Tipanta, Hector Perez-Grovas, Willan Patricio Robles Abarca

“…Methods The present observational, prospective study was carried out at the Pafram hemodiafiltration unit in Morona Santiago, Ecuador, and the hemodialysis unit of the Fundación Renal del Ecuador in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from August 2019 to December 2023. Patients who were receiving hemodiafiltration were included. …”
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Prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms after recovery from COVID-19: A questionnaire-based study in the Aseer region by Mohammed Attieh Alzahrani, Khalid Siraj Altalhiyyah, Mohammed Mousa Albariqi, Meshal Ali Alkhayri, Saad Ali Alshahrani, Sultan Saad Alnasser, Nawaf Mohammed Alshehri, Saad Haif Alqahtani, Saud Haif Alqahtani

“…Additionally, approximately half of the COVID-19 patients who recovered had gastrointestinal tract-related symptoms, but few of those patients had gastrointestinal tract-related symptoms within 1 week.…”
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